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'turning the entirety of the American public against data centers' is a blatant public opinion campaign ran by people and entities who didn't give a damn about
by vlian2088 3mo ago
'turning the entirety of the American public against data centers' is a blatant public opinion campaign ran by people and entities who didn't give a damn about data centers up until 3 years ago.
- anon7000 3mo agoWell, it turns out people started noticing local community impacts when new data center construction absolutely exploded 2-3 years ago.
- vlian2088 3mo agoyou have numbers? I asked a chatbot and the numbers I got were underwhelming.
- jubilanti 3mo agoNot just exploded, but went full on "move fast and break things". Nobody complained about the data centers that have no more impact on the local environment that a warehouse. But in all this rush, they're cutting corners everywhere and putting so much strain on the electric grid. Many also have massive onsite natural gas turbines, some big enough to power a small city, built by the contractor with the lowest bidder, half a mile from people's houses. You can hear and FEEL them from inside a house.
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